Does facebook listen to conversations??
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covmutley said:
Dropped a car in to have some body work done and had a Kia picanto hire car.
The next day, ore than 1 Kia Ads on my Facebook. Not even sure I said the name? Perhaps it might have picked something up via car bluetooth?
Could be Bluetooth beacons, Android phone with GPS on, Garage logged you in on a system that shares data perhaps, plenty of opportunities for linkage The next day, ore than 1 Kia Ads on my Facebook. Not even sure I said the name? Perhaps it might have picked something up via car bluetooth?
carreauchompeur said:
In the last week I’ve started going out on my MTB a bit, first time for a long time. Today FB is advertising a mountain bike magazine...
I’m going to go with Google location data working out I’m cycling, but not very fast...
Or maybe Spring is just the time when businesses and organisations associated with outdoor pursuits put money into advertising?I’m going to go with Google location data working out I’m cycling, but not very fast...
AJB88 said:
Shame Signal hasn't taken off as its what Whatsapp is built on but not owned by FB.
Quite.I refuse to have anything Facebook on my devices (FB, Instagram, WhatsApp) but it needs uptake from those that DO use these to move away to a an alternative. I did have WhatsApp prior to FB takeover, the chap that was head (or owner) wasn't happy with what FB were doing with it so left as I recall...
I think Apple could do this if it released an iMessage app for Android/Windows PC. Or it will need someone else (e.g. Signal) to get a comprehensive footing, which is hard.
On Sunday, missus was watching the film "about a boy" on netflix. I asked about one of the tracks playing to her and she said it was by BadlyDrawnBoy - had a couple of minutes convo about it and nothing else.
Next day, facebook and instagram had adverts telling me about the new BadlyDrawnBoy album.
Neither of us touched a device to discuss the artist - I can only assume that facebook received the notification that we were watching the film from netflix and figured we fell into his target audience (i don't, his music is generic wibble).
Next day, facebook and instagram had adverts telling me about the new BadlyDrawnBoy album.
Neither of us touched a device to discuss the artist - I can only assume that facebook received the notification that we were watching the film from netflix and figured we fell into his target audience (i don't, his music is generic wibble).
Dracoro said:
Quite.
I refuse to have anything Facebook on my devices (FB, Instagram, WhatsApp) but it needs uptake from those that DO use these to move away to a an alternative. I did have WhatsApp prior to FB takeover, the chap that was head (or owner) wasn't happy with what FB were doing with it so left as I recall...
I think Apple could do this if it released an iMessage app for Android/Windows PC. Or it will need someone else (e.g. Signal) to get a comprehensive footing, which is hard.
I think people will leave when Whatsapp starts serving up adverts within the message threads - it will happen at some point. I'm also not sure how sustainable it will be for FB to own and run these services without being broken up - they have too much power and control.I refuse to have anything Facebook on my devices (FB, Instagram, WhatsApp) but it needs uptake from those that DO use these to move away to a an alternative. I did have WhatsApp prior to FB takeover, the chap that was head (or owner) wasn't happy with what FB were doing with it so left as I recall...
I think Apple could do this if it released an iMessage app for Android/Windows PC. Or it will need someone else (e.g. Signal) to get a comprehensive footing, which is hard.
AJB88 said:
On the adverts note, I noticed yesterday that after every 2 posts that you scroll through on the app (Android) there is a sponsored advert, same on Storys on Instagram.
Insta is littered with adverts - I seem to get served up a lot of ads suggesting I follow young lads in their 20's who have Audi RS's of some kind and have succeeded in life by playing with FX trading. RanchoGrande said:
AJB88 said:
On the adverts note, I noticed yesterday that after every 2 posts that you scroll through on the app (Android) there is a sponsored advert, same on Storys on Instagram.
Insta is littered with adverts - I seem to get served up a lot of ads suggesting I follow young lads in their 20's who have Audi RS's of some kind and have succeeded in life by playing with FX trading. 
tty little sideline.i was going to make another topic but decided i'll post in here instead..
so i look through someones IG page that I follow, on one post they a bike frrom a certain brand, they've tagged the brand so i went on their page to have a look...
now whenever i scroll through, some of my sponsored ads on IG AND facebook are about that brand. very annoying.. how do you remove the link? or clear this history of targetted sponsord ads? not only that i get ads on IG about restaurants/independant takeaways that are nowhere near me (all up north, where as I'm in london)
so i look through someones IG page that I follow, on one post they a bike frrom a certain brand, they've tagged the brand so i went on their page to have a look...
now whenever i scroll through, some of my sponsored ads on IG AND facebook are about that brand. very annoying.. how do you remove the link? or clear this history of targetted sponsord ads? not only that i get ads on IG about restaurants/independant takeaways that are nowhere near me (all up north, where as I'm in london)
Holy thread revival Batman. Have this from a website not to far away...
I went to an Indian shop today, got speaking to the owner, who offered some Indian vegetarian food for takeaway. I asked about Dosa (like a filled pancake)... I haven’t mentioned dosa’s before (I live in Austria, not a huge Indian population here) or since...Just this once. got his just now on PH...
I went to an Indian shop today, got speaking to the owner, who offered some Indian vegetarian food for takeaway. I asked about Dosa (like a filled pancake)... I haven’t mentioned dosa’s before (I live in Austria, not a huge Indian population here) or since...Just this once. got his just now on PH...
extraT said:
Holy thread revival Batman. Have this from a website not to far away...
I went to an Indian shop today, got speaking to the owner, who offered some Indian vegetarian food for takeaway. I asked about Dosa (like a filled pancake)... I haven’t mentioned dosa’s before (I live in Austria, not a huge Indian population here) or since...Just this once. got his just now on PH...
That shows the level of intrusion. Crazy.I went to an Indian shop today, got speaking to the owner, who offered some Indian vegetarian food for takeaway. I asked about Dosa (like a filled pancake)... I haven’t mentioned dosa’s before (I live in Austria, not a huge Indian population here) or since...Just this once. got his just now on PH...
ReverendCounter said:
PH is absolutely CRAMMED with trackers (pretty much spyware AFAIC) which, even when you seemingly opt out, you have to dig deeper to make sure they're not harvesting aggregated data from other sources, for instance. It's a massive business.
to be fair they just have tons of slots for ads... they don't get involved in which ads are displayed. How else would they make any money... it's not like they can monetise the grumblings of a bunch of late middle aged men.The new IOS version which requires you to opt in for ad tracking on each app is apparently seeing less than 5% of people agreeing to the prompts.
https://www.flurry.com/blog/ios-14-5-opt-in-rate-a...
The Zuckster will be down to his last hundred billion if this carries on.
https://www.flurry.com/blog/ios-14-5-opt-in-rate-a...
The Zuckster will be down to his last hundred billion if this carries on.
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